ES7000 Model 7600R G3

ES7000 Model 7600R G3
Network Server
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

03 Jun 2011
135720

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Other Products:

SUSE® OpenStack Cloud 9 - Admin & Control Node

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The ES7000 Model 7600R G3 Server is a scalable, Intel-based server that delivers unmatched performance, reliability, memory capacity and virtualization density for mission-critical workloads and large databases. The ES7000 Model 7600R G3 Server is positioned as an ideal solution for • High-density virtualization and consolidation • Complex database environments, with memory expansion not tied to processors • Transaction intensive applications, with processor scalability and lower cost per transaction

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	G0EU52BUS-1.50
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	7 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=188M,high crashkernel=142M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: two separate RAID 0 and a four disk RAID 5.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP3 guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 213872
	Checksum: 58a8ebe9877c6b4bb149c2d25f26f04d

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 119472
	Checksum: 7ed0552718b84ed9cfdb5809356d5ec2

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1701 E Mossy Oaks Rd
Spring , TX 77389

586382

ES7000 Model 7600R G3 - Yes Bulletin 135720 | SUSE